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Silvestar Bistrović is a web engineer and CSS developer passionate about creating modern, responsive websites and writing articles.

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UltiGameMate is a fantasy football game that lets fans predict exciting matches, allowing them to support their favorite teams without emotional conflict.
A guide on building accessible tab interfaces using the <details> element and CSS Grid, showcasing modern techniques for web development.
A CSS calculation bug in Safari 26.2 caused misalignment in a hero section, which the author resolves with specific code adjustments.
YAML Custom Fields is a WordPress plugin designed to simplify theme development by enabling custom field definitions through YAML schemas, enhancing efficiency and usability.
Building UltiGameMate involved leveraging Eleventy for static site generation and Supabase for backend functionalities, showcasing a blend of familiar and new technologies.
A freelance web developer reviews a successful year filled with projects, personal growth, and aspirations for increased blogging and healthier living.
The text discusses the use of logical properties and transpiling CSS at Heyflow, using PostCSS and its Logical Properties and Values plugin. It highlights a bug related to writing mode and the fix for it, emphasizing the need to b...
The text discusses the use of the :has selector in CSS, providing examples of how it can be used to target specific elements and adjust layouts without the need for additional classes or JavaScript. The author expresses appreciati...
The text discusses the practical examples of the :is selector in CSS, providing examples of its usage and how it can make the code more readable and efficient.
The article discusses the practical examples of the :not selector in CSS, including excluding first, last, or nth element sibling, styling siblings differently, excluding specific siblings, and targeting children based on parent s...
The author was inspired by a post on Mastodon to switch from CommonJS to ESM on their website. They made the switch in about 5 minutes by updating their files and package.json. The only issue was including the package.json file in...
The text discusses the concerns of a freelancer about what would happen in the worst-case scenario, such as his death or an accident, and how his wife would manage his digital resources and clients. He created a document with all ...
The author shares interesting facts from their GitHub activity, including staying active during unemployment, prioritizing time away from code, and cherishing weekends for rest and rejuvenation.
The author reflects on the stability of their job this year, securing a long-term project and working on side projects. They discuss their work with Eleventy and Shopify, mastering the Liquid template engine, and using AI to publi...
The text explains how to transition between pages smoothly with a few lines of CSS code. It provides the CSS rules needed to make it work and mentions that if more control is needed, JavaScript must be used.
The text discusses the development of a VS Code extension that converts any color format to Oklab, inspired by an article on the Oklab color format. It explains the benefits of using Oklab and the process of creating the extension...
The author discusses updating their old Code Line Daily Chrome extension with the help of ChatGPT, struggling to comply with new rules in Manifest V3 and requesting assistance to modify the JavaScript file to incorporate service w...
The author has published their first VS Code extension called Clamp it! which helps generate clamped sizes for CSS code, making the process more productive. The extension was made with help from ChatGPT, with 90% of the code produ...
The author discusses their preferred way of building a website, which involves fetching, processing, outputting, styling, and adding interactivity to the data. They recommend using Contentful for storing data, Eleventy for fetchin...
The text discusses the use of CSS to create an infinite-scrolling logo farm, as an alternative to the deprecated HTML <marquee> element. The author shares their thought process and the steps to achieve this effect, including setti...
The text discusses the CSS Anchor Positioning, a new API that provides a better way to position an element in relation to another element. It explains how to use CSS Anchor Positioning to link different elements in columns and sho...
The author talks about adding their site to the Eleventy Leaderboards and being surprised to find it in 13th place out of 972. They attribute the high ranking to the recent Lighthouse updates and share a snippet for others to add ...
The article discusses the struggle of updating a website without being able to visualize the changes, and the solution of implementing a live preview using Eleventy and Contentful. The author also expresses admiration for templati...